Infective endocarditis successfully treated in extremely low birth weight infants with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 153-158

  Marks, K A ^a   Zucker, N ^a   Kapelushnik, J ^a   Karplus, M ^a   Levitas, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight; Infective endocarditis; Preterm; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; THROMBOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0036143928     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.1.153     Document Type: Article

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